Patents Examined by Stephanie Chang
  • Patent number: 8805614
    Abstract: A method for downhole fluid analysis is disclosed. The method includes positioning a downhole fluid sampling tool at first and second locations; extracting and compositionally analyzing samples of reservoir fluid while positioned at the first and second locations; comparing analysis results; and repositioning the tool to a third location depending on the results of the comparison. The compositional analysis can be performed using downhole gas chromatography and mass spectrometry systems and preferably can identify subtle non-homogeneities such as biomarkers. The fluid extraction can be performed using a focuses dual-flowline type sampling probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: A. Ballard Andrews, Oleg Zhdaneev, Oliver C. Mullins
  • Patent number: 8775095
    Abstract: Methods for decentralized monitoring of a progression of a diabetic state of a patient include contemporaneously obtaining an initial set of venous blood samples and an initial set of capillary blood samples after a standardized metabolic challenge from the patient in a centralized setting, wherein the diabetic state is diagnosed using the initial set of venous blood samples and a first test baseline is established by correlating the initial set of capillary blood samples with the initial set of venous blood samples, implementing a therapy, performing decentralized testing after reaching a target event, wherein a status test is obtained from a status set of capillary blood samples obtained from the patient after a subsequent standardized metabolic challenge, and comparing the status test with the first test baseline to determine an effectiveness of the therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Walling, Nigel Surridge
  • Patent number: 8775114
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining phase sensitivity of an accelerometer based on an analysis of the harmonic components of the interference signal, which can estimate phase lags of an accelerometer through an analysis of the interference signal obtained using a single photo-detector when the accelerometer moves in sinusoidal motion with an initial phase of vibration. The method comprises the steps of obtaining an interference signal in a time domain generated from a signal reflected by an accelerometer and a fixed mirror using a single photo-detector; transforming the interference signal in the time domain into a signal in a frequency domain including a plurality of harmonic signals by Fourier transform; and determining the phase sensitivity of the accelerometer using initial phase of vibration displacement of the accelerometer, which is included in the interference signal in the frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yong Bong Lee, Sung Soo Jung, Seung-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 8751176
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring battery voltage and temperature includes a host controller and acquisition boards, and every acquisition board for the battery includes a voltage acquisition module, a temperature acquisition module, a host control chip MCU, A/D convertor module, an opto-isolator module, a CAN bus communication module and two external connection ports CN1, CN2. The input end of the AD transformation module is connected with the output end of the voltage acquisition module and the temperature acquisition module, and the output end of the A/D convertor module is connected with the opto-isolator module via a SPI bus, and the I/O port of the SPI bus module in the main control chip MCU is connected with the opto-couple isolation module, and the host control chip MCU is connected with the CAN bus communication module of the host controller via the CAN bus communication module, and the acquisition boards are connected via a socket piece in turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Chery Automobile Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 8743868
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing IMS subscribers to perform service and session control of IMS services via a CS access. A User Equipment, UE, that is registered with an IMS network but is not in a position to access the IMS network using IP can still access the IMS network and control the IMS sessions by sending Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD, messages via an available Circuit Switched network that is connected to the IMS network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Andreas Witzel, Ralf Keller
  • Patent number: 8738792
    Abstract: Server time protocol (STP) messages and methods of exchange thereof are provided for facilitating synchronization of processing units of a timing network. The STP messages include exchange time parameters (XTP) commands and responses, and STP control (STC) commands and responses. XTP message exchange processing includes: generating an XTP message command at a first processing unit including a command transmit timestamp field set by the first processing unit and a command receive timestamp field which is unset by the first processing unit; transmitting the XTP message command to a second processing unit; setting the command receive timestamp field in the XTP command with the time the XTP command is received at the second processing unit; and generating an XTP message response at the second processing unit, the message response including the command transmit timestamp set by the first processing unit and the command receive timestamp set by the second processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott M. Carlson, Donald Crabtree, Dennis J. Dahlen, Noshir R. Dhondy, Michael H.T. Hack, Denise M. Sevigny, Ronald M. Smith, Sr., Judith A. Wierbowski
  • Patent number: 8737330
    Abstract: A method in a wireless communication device comprises determining transmission powers for at least two clusters, wherein each cluster includes at least one physical resource block (RB), determining a difference in a characteristic of the transmission powers determined for the at least two clusters, and varying a transmit power allocated to at least one cluster if the difference in the characteristic exceeds a power spread threshold, wherein the power allocated to each cluster is a function of pathloss between the wireless communication device and a serving base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep H. Krishnamurthy, Colin D. Frank, Vijay Nangia
  • Patent number: 8730942
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for enabling multimedia during an ongoing circuit-switched call between a first mobile terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal uses a first access having constraints by not admitting simultaneous packet-switched and circuit-switched communication. A change of connection is detected from the first access to a second access having no such constraints by admitting simultaneous packet-switched and circuit-switched communication. A capability query is then sent to the second terminal in response to said detection. When the requested capabilities are received from the second terminal, possible multimedia applications and/or services are indicated to the user according to the received capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Mats Stille
  • Patent number: 8724618
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for call control and management stores a first telephone identification and a first IP address of a first IP telephone, a first device identification and a second IP address of a first information processing device associated with the first IP telephone by a first association identification, a second telephone identification and a third IP address of the second IP telephone, and a second device identification and a fourth IP address of a second information processing device associated with the second IP telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi Hara, Akira Shiba, Youichi Kondou
  • Patent number: 8711843
    Abstract: Enhanced cryptographically generated addresses (ECGA) for MIPv6 incorporate a built-in backward key chain. The backward key chain prevents time-memory attacks to discover a network address and helps prevent spoofing a network address of a mobile node. The backward key chain also provides a means to authenticate network addresses of a mobile node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventor: Angelo Rossi
  • Patent number: 8713202
    Abstract: A method for changing network configuration parameters that includes generating a request to change a network configuration parameter, where the request is generated by a virtual machine, sending the request to a virtual network interface card (VNIC) associated with the virtual machine, sending the request to a VNIC configuration database associated with the VNIC, determining whether the virtual machine is allowed to change the network configuration parameter, if the virtual machine is allowed to change the network configuration parameter, updating the VNIC configuration database and VNIC to reflect the change in the network configuration parameter, and notifying the virtual machine that the change in network configuration parameter is allowed, and if the virtual machine is not allowed to change the network configuration parameter, dropping the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas G. Droux, Kais Belgaied, Erik Nordmark, Sunay Tripathi
  • Patent number: 8700695
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for dynamically deploying and executing acceleration functionality on a client to improve the performance and delivery of remotely accessed applications. In one embodiment, the client-side acceleration functionality is provided by an acceleration program that performs a transport layer connection pooling technique for improving performance of communications and delivery of a remotely-accessed application. The acceleration program establishes a transport layer connection from the client to the server that can be used by multiple applications on the client, or that is otherwise shared among applications of the client. The acceleration program maintains the transport layer connection open to reduce the number of transport layer connection requests and number of transport layer connections established with the server for an application or multiple applications running on the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabakar Sundarrajan, Junxiao He, Sergey Verzunov, Charu Venkatraman, Anil Shetty, Shashi Nanjundaswamy
  • Patent number: 8693311
    Abstract: Rehoming a DLSAM between ports residing on a first switch includes establishing a physical loop-back circuit between a second port and a temporary input port of the first switch; establishing an ePVC between the input port and a first port, the first port coupled to a first connection; removing a PVC and establishing a new PVC; routing data between the second switch and the DSLAM via the new PVC, the circuit, the ePVC, and the first connection between the first switch and the DSLAM; removing the circuit from the second port; establishing a second connection between the second port and the DSLAM; routing data between the second switch and the DSLAM via the new PVC and the second connection; removing the ePVC between the first port and the temporary input port; and disconnecting the first connection between the first port of the first switch and the DSLAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Randy S. Young, Earl C. Meggison
  • Patent number: 8644201
    Abstract: A transmitting system and a method of transmitting digital broadcast signal are disclosed. The method of transmitting digital broadcasting signal in a transmitter includes multiplexing mobile data and main data, transmitting a transmission frame including the multiplexed mobile and main data, wherein a parade of data group is transmitted during slots, wherein each slot includes specified number of mobile data packets, a first scalable number of mobile data packets, and a second scalable number of main data packets, wherein the data group including a plurality of regions and the fifth region of the plurality of regions includes the first scalable number of mobile data packets, wherein the data group is assigned to one of the slots in such a manner that slots of consecutive slot number carry data groups of inconsecutive group number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Won Gyu Song, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jae Hyung Song, In Hwan Choi, Chul Kyu Mun
  • Patent number: 8639474
    Abstract: A portable diagnostic module may use a standardized physical interface to connect to a series of sensors. The module can be configured to accept different types of sensor outputs, and to collect the sensed data for use in local or networked analysis to help identify errors and faults before they occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba International Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammed Arefeen, Mark Rayner
  • Patent number: 8638766
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device. When a mobile terminal enters into or comes out of a network environment including a plurality of electronic devices that may communicate with each other, the electronic device and the method of controlling the electronic device may play contents in association with such an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Beomseok Cho, Seongsoo Sim, Hwangoo Park
  • Patent number: 8634347
    Abstract: A transmitting system and a method of transmitting digital broadcast signal are disclosed. The method of transmitting digital broadcasting signal in a transmitter includes multiplexing a specified number of mobile data packets, a first scalable number of mobile data packets, and a second scalable number of main data packets, interleaving mobile data in the mobile data packets and main data in the main data packets, transmitting the interleaved mobile and main data during a slot, wherein the data group includes a plurality of first blocks, each first block including a plurality of data segments, specified block of the plurality of first blocks including the mobile data, known data sequence, trellis initialization data and RS parity bytes inserted in pre-determined position of the data group, wherein the data group includes a plurality of regions, wherein the last region includes the first scalable number of mobile data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Won Gyu Song, Byoung Gill Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Hyoung Gon Lee, Jae Hyung Song, In Hwan Choi, Chul Kyu Mun
  • Patent number: 8634366
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a transport block includes segmenting the transport block into code blocks corresponding in number to a multiple of the number of layers to be used for the transmission of the transport block, attaching a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) to the segmented code blocks, sequentially mapping the code blocks to which the CRC has been attached to at least one layer according to a predetermined mapping rule, and transmitting the code blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hwan Kim, Jae Hoon Chung, Yeong Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 8635032
    Abstract: A system includes a first sensor, a second sensor and a processing portion. The first sensor can wirelessly transmit a first detected signal based on a detected parameter of a structure. The second sensor can wirelessly transmit a second detected signal based on the detected parameter of a second portion of the structure. The processing portion can wirelessly transfer energy to the first sensor and the second sensor. The processing portion is operable to wirelessly transfer electromagnetic energy to enable the first and the second sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Resensys LLC
    Inventor: Mehdi Kalantari Khandani
  • Patent number: 8630816
    Abstract: High resolution distributed temperature sensors using fiber optic distributed temperature sensing systems deployed on various carriers to significantly improve spatial resolution and provide high resolution temperature profile and detection of fluid or fluid interface levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: SensorTran, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Park, Mohammed Fassih-Nia, Brian K. McCoy, Kent Kalar, Kari-Mikko Jaaskelainen